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Two Hot Jupiters from K2 Campaign 4

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics 2016-06-08 v2 Solar and Stellar Astrophysics

Abstract

We confirm the planetary nature of two transiting hot Jupiters discovered by the Kepler spacecraft's K2 extended mission in its Campaign 4, using precise radial velocity measurements from FIES@NOT, HARPS-N@TNG, and the coud\'e spectrograph on the McDonald Observatory 2.7 m telescope. K2-29 b (EPIC 211089792 b) transits a K1V star with a period of 3.2589263±0.00000153.2589263\pm0.0000015 days; its orbit is slightly eccentric (e=0.0840.023+0.032e=0.084_{-0.023}^{+0.032}). It has a radius of RP=1.0000.067+0.071R_P=1.000_{-0.067}^{+0.071} RJR_J and a mass of MP=0.6130.026+0.027M_P=0.613_{-0.026}^{+0.027} MJM_J. Its host star exhibits significant rotational variability, and we measure a rotation period of Prot=10.777±0.031P_{\mathrm{rot}}=10.777 \pm 0.031 days. K2-30 b (EPIC 210957318 b) transits a G6V star with a period of 4.098503±0.0000114.098503\pm0.000011 days. It has a radius of RP=1.0390.051+0.050R_P=1.039_{-0.051}^{+0.050} RJR_J and a mass of MP=0.5790.027+0.028M_P=0.579_{-0.027}^{+0.028} MJM_J. The star has a low metallicity for a hot Jupiter host, [Fe/H]=0.15±0.05[\mathrm{Fe}/\mathrm{H}]=-0.15 \pm 0.05.

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@article{arxiv.1601.07844,
  title  = {Two Hot Jupiters from K2 Campaign 4},
  author = {Marshall C. Johnson and Davide Gandolfi and Malcolm Fridlund and Szilard Csizmadia and Michael Endl and Juan Cabrera and William D. Cochran and Hans J. Deeg and Sascha Grziwa and Ivan Ramírez and Artie P. Hatzes and Philipp Eigmüller and Oscar Barragán and Anders Erikson and Eike W. Guenther and Judith Korth and Teet Kuutma and David Nespral and Martin Pätzold and Enric Palle and Jorge Prieto-Arranz and Heike Rauer and Joonas Saario},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1601.07844},
  year   = {2016}
}

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Accepted for publication in AJ. 11 pages, 3 figures

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